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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Sacramento, CA

January 30, 2008

NWS Sacramento, CA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 30, 2008, 3:32 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 31, 2008, 12:00 AM PST. It was in force for 27 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2008, 3:32 PM PST (23:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 31, 2008, 12:00 AM PST
Expired: Feb 1, 2008, 2:56 AM PST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Sacramento, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 30, 9:40 AM PST, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 9:40 AM PST, 5 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 7:00 AM PST, 8 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
700 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008

CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-311500-
SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-
MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES-
CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-MOTHERLODE-
EAST FOOTHILLS/NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
700 AM PST WED JAN 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT BRINGING MOUNTAIN SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS.

* WINTER STORM WATCH.........SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON THURSDAY BRINGING
HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TO THE MOUNTAINS. MAINLY DRY DAYS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY.

* WINTER STORM WATCH.........SEE WWUS46 KSTO - WSWSTO FOR DETAILS *

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
(LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sacramento, CA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 4:21 AM PST	Snow Advisory	STO		3 hr
Jan 30, 3:32 PM PST	Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	STO		23 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.